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>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which has already been low, is getting worse. >> and here's the key thing, greg, about this, what took place. the american people, as john said, the spontaneity with which they've responded. normally, historically, when a president gives a speech or the administration says we have to take action, the country will rally around. these are the worst numbers -- >> just the opposite. >> the opposite. and more importantly, it's across the board. it's democrats, republicans and strictly independents. and it is the elite. it is the political class in washington s
>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which...
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she did her best to assert her foreign policy internationally. but the white house is structured in a way to protect the president from particular kinds of decision making. ultimately the state department has been calling for action on syria. we know that the secretary of state and the head cia got together and came up with a plan about a year ago to arm the rebels but generally, there's a structural way in which the white house is trying to thwart key decision making on mourn policy and focus on domestic policy. >> michael: and your book talks about a turf war as well. there is one part where you leave a meeting, and the secretary wanted a folder as full as robert gate's. tell us what happened there. >> secretary clinton fully well knew that the state department had been demoralized and beaten down. so she had to lift its standing globally so that the rest of the world would take the state department seriously, and make sure the voice of the state department was heard loud and clear, and she knew in a conversation like the war in afghanistan, th
she did her best to assert her foreign policy internationally. but the white house is structured in a way to protect the president from particular kinds of decision making. ultimately the state department has been calling for action on syria. we know that the secretary of state and the head cia got together and came up with a plan about a year ago to arm the rebels but generally, there's a structural way in which the white house is trying to thwart key decision making on mourn policy and focus...
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is the policy director to talk about foreign policy challenges. welcome. they are reporting that they are talking about details. you concerns about the deal overall? guest: they are working out the devils of this plan. this is a line is deal we could have done a lot better. under that deal, the united states is starting to dismantle international sanctions. iran is not dismantling a single centrifuge. it is not starting to dismantle the heavywater reactor which a once called al plutonium bomb factory. sanctions andving spring of $7 billion to as much as $20 billion in the financial assets as well as exports after chemicals, the automobile industry and other things. bringing up a lot of money. it is not clear the concessions we got are really worth that. you have seen them move as early as last week. movement inno real terms of really constraining it, the sanctions might kick in. think they will bring this? >> part of the reason why they are right is that they are trying to come up with an approach to sanctions amid this and is nots workable completely unde
is the policy director to talk about foreign policy challenges. welcome. they are reporting that they are talking about details. you concerns about the deal overall? guest: they are working out the devils of this plan. this is a line is deal we could have done a lot better. under that deal, the united states is starting to dismantle international sanctions. iran is not dismantling a single centrifuge. it is not starting to dismantle the heavywater reactor which a once called al plutonium bomb...
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>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which has already been low, is getting worse. >> and here's the key thing, greg, about this, what took place. the american people, as john said, the spontaneity with which they've responded. normally, historically, when a president gives a speech or the administration says we have to take action, the country will rally around. these are the worst numbers -- >> just the opposite. >> the opposite. and more importantly, it's across the board. it's democrats, republicans and strictly independents. and it is the elite. it is the political class in washington s
>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which...
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the shut down and the default affected some of america's near- term foreign-policy priorities such as the president not being able to go to the asian economic summit. his absence although appropriate due to the crisis feeds into existing fears having traveled to the region that our rebalanced asia is more rhetoric than reality. who showed up and was more than willing to fill the void, china. in doing so, america's loss is china's gain. this is an opportunity about opening markets for u.s. businesses, and to sell products and services, this is an opportunity to promote economic and security questions. i think our allies are going to wonder -- is the united states capable of meeting its promises whether about economic initiatives or security initiatives. perhaps the most damaging and difficult thing to reverse is the impact this has on america's reputation in the world and the economic consequences that flow from that. the entire global financial system depends in large measure on the faith that the united states government can and always will pay its debts. america enjoys the unique pr
the shut down and the default affected some of america's near- term foreign-policy priorities such as the president not being able to go to the asian economic summit. his absence although appropriate due to the crisis feeds into existing fears having traveled to the region that our rebalanced asia is more rhetoric than reality. who showed up and was more than willing to fill the void, china. in doing so, america's loss is china's gain. this is an opportunity about opening markets for u.s....
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egypt is america's biggest foreign policy head ache right now. president obama and his security team met yesterday to decide how to respond. >> martha raddatz traveled to cairo for an exclusive interview with the man at center of the crisis there. rip he is one of the most powerful men in egypt right now, a civilian leader behind the military's brutal crackdown on its own people. >> no country will allow to have a paramilitary people taking to the streets, preventing simple inhabitants in the neighborhood not able to go out. >> reporter: they were killed for doing that. >> we didn't provoke it. we asked them to go freely. we started by throwing only tear gas and they answered back by firing. >> reporter: the result, more than 1,000 egyptians dead. most of them for protesting the military seizing power. you do not believe egyptian security forces used excessive force at all? >> i cannot say that all of the police are peaceful. of course, there are some exceptions. i cannot say 100%. but i am sure that by and large they try to abide. >> reporter: s
egypt is america's biggest foreign policy head ache right now. president obama and his security team met yesterday to decide how to respond. >> martha raddatz traveled to cairo for an exclusive interview with the man at center of the crisis there. rip he is one of the most powerful men in egypt right now, a civilian leader behind the military's brutal crackdown on its own people. >> no country will allow to have a paramilitary people taking to the streets, preventing simple...
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with regards to our foreign policy, regarding international issues, including nuclear issues as well as regional issues, our expectation is that the whole world will hear us well. my voice is, in fact, the echo of the iranian nation's voice. iranians in this presidential election adopted the voice of moderati moderation. the voice of moderation in foreign policy, which means constructive interaction with the whole world. >> you used the word moderation. so, let me ask you this question, is there anything in the nuclear negotiations that's nonnegotiatable? >> the nuclear negotiations need only one thing and that is the political will of the other side to reach an agreement. this does exist on our side. and in my opinion, if both sides have the political will, then the iranian nuclear issue is a very simple matter and can be settled in a short period of time. >> you've signaled repeatedly that iran is ready to negotiate. you've said that the endgame on the nuclear issue would be a win-win, what could a win-win look like, sir? >> translator: the meaning of win-win is that the negotiatin
with regards to our foreign policy, regarding international issues, including nuclear issues as well as regional issues, our expectation is that the whole world will hear us well. my voice is, in fact, the echo of the iranian nation's voice. iranians in this presidential election adopted the voice of moderati moderation. the voice of moderation in foreign policy, which means constructive interaction with the whole world. >> you used the word moderation. so, let me ask you this question,...
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this an official blames the united states and its foreign policy for the boston marathon bombing. there's more. united nations is not doing anything about this guy. he's still on the payroll. here's another thing. guess who pays a big chunk of his salary? you guess it had, you do. former ambassador john bolton joins us. and you are giggling about this. because it's so outrageous? >> because it's par for the course. what he said about the boston marathon bombing is unacceptable, for a u.s. citizen to say it, let alone a u.s. citizen working for the united nations. and his comments reflect the prevailing world view anything them at the human rights council. i'm all in favor of firing him sooner rather than later. but here's the sad news, he will be replaced with somebody else and it won't make a bit of difference. it will be exactly the same. >> almost immediately when he made his comments, ambassador susan rice, she said it was time for him to go. she said it's time to get rid of them. is there anything you can do? >> culture at the united nations is such that merely firing one guy
this an official blames the united states and its foreign policy for the boston marathon bombing. there's more. united nations is not doing anything about this guy. he's still on the payroll. here's another thing. guess who pays a big chunk of his salary? you guess it had, you do. former ambassador john bolton joins us. and you are giggling about this. because it's so outrageous? >> because it's par for the course. what he said about the boston marathon bombing is unacceptable, for a u.s....
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and it was kinda of tulips and uribe a huge effort to smooth the strained relations over america's foreign policy in the middle east for eon has been upset with washington over us president barack obama s decision not to bomb syria for its use of chemical weapons. city leaders have also become increasingly nervous that the obama administration could make a deal with severe in his arch rival iran over
and it was kinda of tulips and uribe a huge effort to smooth the strained relations over america's foreign policy in the middle east for eon has been upset with washington over us president barack obama s decision not to bomb syria for its use of chemical weapons. city leaders have also become increasingly nervous that the obama administration could make a deal with severe in his arch rival iran over
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michelle richardson is with the aclu and michael owe han lan is a senior foreign policy fellow at the brookings institution. the latest revelation courtesy of "the washington post" involves an nsa program known as prism. it collected online data including video chats, photographs, and e-mails. americans were not directly targeted, "the post" reported, but while going after foreign targets it did routinely collect a great deal of american content as well. a revelation about this new program comes a day after "the guardian" broke the news that the nsa was collecting telephone information on domestic and international calls. today the president addressed criticism about these programs. he said that he came into office with a healthy skepticism about them. but after evaluating their effectiveness, he was convinced they were necessary. >> my assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. and the modest encrotchments on the privacy involved in getting phone numbers or duration without a name atachld and not looking at content, that on, you know, net it
michelle richardson is with the aclu and michael owe han lan is a senior foreign policy fellow at the brookings institution. the latest revelation courtesy of "the washington post" involves an nsa program known as prism. it collected online data including video chats, photographs, and e-mails. americans were not directly targeted, "the post" reported, but while going after foreign targets it did routinely collect a great deal of american content as well. a revelation about...
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foreign policy. expressed how? >> expressed in the way syria policy was articulated. >> there is also this comment from you. globald there was a crisis of legitimacy. what is that? a it is the notion that with communications revolution with billions of people in the internet as opposed to a few hundred million, with emerging markets becoming more important players, and middle-class is becoming so much greater, economist seat middle classes and say places that i can sell, and grow the economy. political economists say it is more accountability from their leaders. we look at the leaders around the world, and the leaders around the emerging markets, you do not see many that really inspire. you do not see many that are actually taking on true leadership. that is certainly creating a crisis of confidence, a crisis of legitimacy. dragare not able to policies through. >> people talk about a new world order. >> the g-zero. absence, a vacuum of leadership. in the new world order? american foreign-policy that is relatively u
foreign policy. expressed how? >> expressed in the way syria policy was articulated. >> there is also this comment from you. globald there was a crisis of legitimacy. what is that? a it is the notion that with communications revolution with billions of people in the internet as opposed to a few hundred million, with emerging markets becoming more important players, and middle-class is becoming so much greater, economist seat middle classes and say places that i can sell, and grow...
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foreign-policy is in decline. it may not be structurally sound. >> foreign is in decline, which means america's influence in the world is in decline. >>the perception of american leadership and the policy around the world has taken a very significant beating in the last six months. yes. >> would you cite as evidence the statements by prince band are in saudi arabia. >> absolutely. it was perceived as a direct slap to the united states. whether we perceive it that way is another question. so many countries around the world right now are having serious doubts about the u.s. you hear questions, i hear the questions. i hear them from indonesia. i hear them from the emirates. >> the questions are about america's willingness to lead and engage? >> america's commitment to them, commit internationally. the articulation of a strategy national interest rate these are foreign ministers i'm talking about. these are heads of state. even if you and i sit around this table and we actually think, the white house is creating a coh
foreign-policy is in decline. it may not be structurally sound. >> foreign is in decline, which means america's influence in the world is in decline. >>the perception of american leadership and the policy around the world has taken a very significant beating in the last six months. yes. >> would you cite as evidence the statements by prince band are in saudi arabia. >> absolutely. it was perceived as a direct slap to the united states. whether we perceive it that way is...
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the european union's foreign policy chief called for an immediate end to the violence. catherine ashton urged all parties toward reconciliation. >>> investigators are piecing together what happened in the moments before a plane crash-landed in san francisco. two high school girls from china died when the asiana airliner went down on saturday. more than 180 people were injured. the head of the national transportation safety board says the plane was well below its target speed. >> about three seconds prior to impact, the flight data recorder recorded its lowest speed of 103 knots. at this time, the engines were at about 50% power. >> hersman said the plane was coming in too slow as it approached the runway. she said it picked up speed in the last three seconds. the pilots were trying to adjust their speed to make automatic attempt at a landing. hersman said investigators are still speaking with the four pilots who were on board. spokespersons for asiana airlines say a trainee was at the controls. they say a veteran pilot was giving him instructions. but they say the veter
the european union's foreign policy chief called for an immediate end to the violence. catherine ashton urged all parties toward reconciliation. >>> investigators are piecing together what happened in the moments before a plane crash-landed in san francisco. two high school girls from china died when the asiana airliner went down on saturday. more than 180 people were injured. the head of the national transportation safety board says the plane was well below its target speed. >>...
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policy, traditions of american foreign policy. i was so used to covering it from the street level. this time sucked me in. the characters are amazing. it is something out of a novel. you have clay, lincoln's minister in russia. he walks around with knives dangling from his waistband and picking fights. johnave the grandson of adams, who is in london, a pretty competent diplomat. you have lincoln's minister in paris, who ended up dying in what the lincoln biographer referred to as the apartment of a woman not his wife. his body had to be smuggled back . this is an incredible cast of characters. and you have lincoln at the center of it all, a figure of enduring interest. close bank -- grew in the position as far as foreign policy was concerned. guest: his first term in congress a one-sided with almost the end of the mexican war, america's first full-scale conflict on foreign sale -- soil. lincoln's first public act was to oppose the mexican war. he stood up and gave this speech in congress challenging president polk. this was his fo
policy, traditions of american foreign policy. i was so used to covering it from the street level. this time sucked me in. the characters are amazing. it is something out of a novel. you have clay, lincoln's minister in russia. he walks around with knives dangling from his waistband and picking fights. johnave the grandson of adams, who is in london, a pretty competent diplomat. you have lincoln's minister in paris, who ended up dying in what the lincoln biographer referred to as the apartment...
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good foreign policy benefits every single america. every american benefits. 16 million jobs, directly or indreblgtly, rely on ags culture and a positive balance of trade. this is absolutely the kind of work that we need to get done. we are general rating billions. when you combine that with a long-term farm bill, a five-year farm bill, you also generate economic growth. and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work for all americans. lit's remember, this touches every single american in a very positive way. some of the keys i'd lieblg to em fa sies in this bim,en hansed crop insurance. i've heard from across my state that farmers and rampblers wanten hanszed com snurnsz. that's absolute lip a priority. we need to continue the sugar program, the livestock indemnity program for our producers. we need conservation rules that make sense in the house vergsz, you do not tie the conservation compliance to crop ininsurance. i think that that is the right approach.
good foreign policy benefits every single america. every american benefits. 16 million jobs, directly or indreblgtly, rely on ags culture and a positive balance of trade. this is absolutely the kind of work that we need to get done. we are general rating billions. when you combine that with a long-term farm bill, a five-year farm bill, you also generate economic growth. and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work...
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foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry has championed many issues. earlier today the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among the accomplishments are the reforms with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for in vietnam. he normalized relation with a former enemy, which is in essence, vietnam. it is a conference of investigation in the senate on everything from the bank of credit and commerce international and illegal money laundering. advocating for democratic elections in the philippines and serving with senator dick lugar is part of the senate delegations that led to the ouster of ferdinand marcos. working with the cambodian government, they prosecuted key members. advocating for programs that help so they don't f
foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry has championed many issues. earlier today the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among the accomplishments are the reforms with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for...
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the first flight would be to change our foreign policy. we're taking a big stick and poking at a hornet's nest. the war on drugs has pretty much failed. anybody trying to take drugs. that will secure the borders a little better. if we change social security around a low ittle bit. one thing about the terror suspect right now. how hard is it to reach somebody their miranda rights? they were talking about not reading his miranda rights. terror suspecthe enemyd be detained as an commabantant. guest: issue of the war on drugs -- the one not be addressed in this bill. .ocial security will be people use phony social security numbers. your card is pretty easy to forge. an effort to crack down on this. an expansion on the e-verify program. they will check you against existing social security databases to make sure you are work in the united states. your photo information will have to be shared with the database so they know it is you. some interesting propo w you protect your social security number. if you've just applied for a ob, you can in effe
the first flight would be to change our foreign policy. we're taking a big stick and poking at a hornet's nest. the war on drugs has pretty much failed. anybody trying to take drugs. that will secure the borders a little better. if we change social security around a low ittle bit. one thing about the terror suspect right now. how hard is it to reach somebody their miranda rights? they were talking about not reading his miranda rights. terror suspecthe enemyd be detained as an commabantant....
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the 7.advantage when it comes to which party they trust on dealing with foreign policy. the four points advantage dealing with the economy. it gets better. the 13.in vintage reducing the deficit. but you cannot blame republicans the president tries to blame congress as a whole. but his approval is clearly under water in the game lippold shows congress is popularity rising up to five points from last month. but it is improving dramatically. the president has to be perplexed. press secretary jake party has given us the insert he is pivoting. >> he has committed to pushing for an economic agenda absolutely the president will be focusing on those issues in the coming weeks and months. lou: another pivot to the economy and if you are counting certainly we are, this is the president's 20th back to the economy since he took office. this is extraordinary. another pivot. what we have them looking for. 20. 20 pivot. will this work? 20 million people are unemployed with the economy struggling to grow? we certainly hope so. that is it for us. coming up on monday former prosecutor jo
the 7.advantage when it comes to which party they trust on dealing with foreign policy. the four points advantage dealing with the economy. it gets better. the 13.in vintage reducing the deficit. but you cannot blame republicans the president tries to blame congress as a whole. but his approval is clearly under water in the game lippold shows congress is popularity rising up to five points from last month. but it is improving dramatically. the president has to be perplexed. press secretary jake...
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bottom line, the aid s'more about foreign policy than egyptian domestic policy. it's always been unpop leer here in there -- unpop letter. and they want to make r maintain what little influence there is in light of all of the other growing influences that are now affecting egypt where the u.s. used to be the main influence. >> thank you to you both. stay safe, ayman. >>> yesterday, texas senator ted cruz tried to put his very own birthing controversy to rest. after the "dallas morning news" published his birth certificate proving, yes, ted cruz was born in canada and that makes ted cruz a dual citizen, he renounced canadian citizenship saying, nothing against canada but i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator i believe i should be only an american. why the rejection of the maple leaf? because the whole born outside of the united states thing might upset the conspiracy theorists, a real estate mogul, donald trump. >> let me ask you this. ted cruz, born in canada. eligible to be president of the united states? >> born in canada, perhaps not. i'm not sure whe
bottom line, the aid s'more about foreign policy than egyptian domestic policy. it's always been unpop leer here in there -- unpop letter. and they want to make r maintain what little influence there is in light of all of the other growing influences that are now affecting egypt where the u.s. used to be the main influence. >> thank you to you both. stay safe, ayman. >>> yesterday, texas senator ted cruz tried to put his very own birthing controversy to rest. after the...
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the stories seem petty but they shift the dialogue back to what is our foreign policy? what are we doing in the world? and i don't think this administration has one. >> so you have that conversation tomorrow. you know, if we have to use the funeral to have a conversation about foreign policy. >> i think and i listen to president obama's speech, i think he made the speech more about president obama than he did about nelson mandela. there were a lot of references about what an inspiration nelson mandela were to him. it felt like a narcisistic speak. >> all qualities you want to see in your president but not qualities when the president decided to snap this selfie. this is a solemn event. what if bush did that? >> well, there was a photograph of president bush with bono. what this funeral did was bring a lot of different people together that worked together for the benefit of africa. let me defend president obama here. it's not his phone so she brings it out. if i pulled out my phone and said take a picture. it would have been awkward to say i'm not taking your photograph
the stories seem petty but they shift the dialogue back to what is our foreign policy? what are we doing in the world? and i don't think this administration has one. >> so you have that conversation tomorrow. you know, if we have to use the funeral to have a conversation about foreign policy. >> i think and i listen to president obama's speech, i think he made the speech more about president obama than he did about nelson mandela. there were a lot of references about what an...
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policy. then representative loretta sanchez of california talks about nsa data collection programs. later, our spotlight on magazines features jo ann molar. forbes magazine bureau chief on the car of the future. washington garble is live every moral starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> during the years of william mckinley's political years, the house served as william's residence. they had living quarters on the third floor of the house, which was originally a ballroom. it was turned to living quarters with a bedroom and sitting room and entertaining area and also off that room and that was william used to conduct business. right outside the ballroom, which later becomes the living quarter of eye data and william while they are there. this is set up they had everywhere they went during his political years. always when he conducted business, the door stayed open to the living quarter and eye data stayed in the living quarter. she was a some silent political health mate. they would disc
policy. then representative loretta sanchez of california talks about nsa data collection programs. later, our spotlight on magazines features jo ann molar. forbes magazine bureau chief on the car of the future. washington garble is live every moral starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> during the years of william mckinley's political years, the house served as william's residence. they had living quarters on the third floor of the house, which was originally a ballroom. it was...
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i want to bring in editor at large of foreign policy magazine and democratic strategist. i want to begin with you maria. a key member of the homeland security committee said of the surveillance issues if the president didn't know that raises serious questions about what he's doing as chief executive. isn't that fair? >> here is the problem with that. and the president said this on fusion network in his interview recently. we don't know whether he did know or not because it's classified. and that's as it should be when it comes to this kind of information. i think what's important is he takes the longview. he takes a along at this, he clearly knows that there are issues. he don't want that to be problems with our allies. said there's going to be a total review of our nsa policies. and he assured our closest allies that that is going to be the case. he's going to make sure that they are comfortable with what the processes are for the united states moving forward. we're never going to know one way or the other because it's all about national security. >> is that the grey are
i want to bring in editor at large of foreign policy magazine and democratic strategist. i want to begin with you maria. a key member of the homeland security committee said of the surveillance issues if the president didn't know that raises serious questions about what he's doing as chief executive. isn't that fair? >> here is the problem with that. and the president said this on fusion network in his interview recently. we don't know whether he did know or not because it's classified....
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he's expected to make remarks at waterfront hall in belfast, focusing on security, foreign policy, as well as the economy. the g-8 is a two-day summit. it's at a resort in northern ireland. leaders from britain, germany, france, italy, russia and japan are all there. he plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin. and the president's trip will end on wednesday in berlin. >>> you can expect more fallout this week from the nsa's secret surveillance programs. mark udall will raise a bill to limit what phone records the nsa can access. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of americans' phone calls -- this is the meta data, time, place, to whom you direct the calls, is making us any safer. and i think it's a violation of the fourth amendment. >> remember when federal agents arrested this man for planning to blow up the new york city subway system. they say the nsa surveillance program foiled that plot. >>> prison may have its own government surveillance scandal. "the guardian" is reporting that the british spy agency hacked into phone and e-mails during international c
he's expected to make remarks at waterfront hall in belfast, focusing on security, foreign policy, as well as the economy. the g-8 is a two-day summit. it's at a resort in northern ireland. leaders from britain, germany, france, italy, russia and japan are all there. he plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin. and the president's trip will end on wednesday in berlin. >>> you can expect more fallout this week from the nsa's secret surveillance programs. mark udall will raise...
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how did one of the president's senior foreign policy advisers get away with it for over two years? >> by now you've probably heard that the website has not worked as smoothly as it was supposed to. >> too little, too late? as the white house races to reboot the flawed health care exchange website, we're finding out more about when the president first learned there were
how did one of the president's senior foreign policy advisers get away with it for over two years? >> by now you've probably heard that the website has not worked as smoothly as it was supposed to. >> too little, too late? as the white house races to reboot the flawed health care exchange website, we're finding out more about when the president first learned there were
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>> i have to say, i have been covering foreign policy and for a long type, i have never seen a fiasco from a u.s. president. >> i agreement i think he needs to stop running foreign policy in his own mind and bring people in to advise him on a larger strategy. he has to understand what a mistake this was. this president seems incapable of -- >> how do you retrieve it? >> look, one of the things he can simply say is we will have a red line, a ten-day deadline, these are my demands, if they're not met, i will act against syria, whether congress likes it, whether putin likes it. >> what are the chances you think? >> what makes matters worse is there are no adults in the room. you look at president obama's cabinet. do you see in kerry or chuck haggle or martin dempsey, serious people? >> i would say in the sent of kerry, he wanted to do something. i think the problem is the president is operating, he runs this thing, himself, that's one of the reasons. all right. thank you. when we come back, lessons from the financial meltdown five years after the lehman brothers collapse is our banking s
>> i have to say, i have been covering foreign policy and for a long type, i have never seen a fiasco from a u.s. president. >> i agreement i think he needs to stop running foreign policy in his own mind and bring people in to advise him on a larger strategy. he has to understand what a mistake this was. this president seems incapable of -- >> how do you retrieve it? >> look, one of the things he can simply say is we will have a red line, a ten-day deadline, these are my...
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obama is not the guy driving american foreign policy. he definitely will veto stuff he doesn't like. there's no question. and he definitely is averse to things that he thinks will get him stuck in more ass that is very different from setting strategy. if you ask me right now do i believe the united states of america has a coherent foreign policy strategy a that it is able to articulate, and we have historically, the answer is no. and i think there are many reasons for that. many which are justifiable and legitimate. some of which are domestic, some which have to do with personalities, some are structural and global. but that is the case. and if you ask me do i believe that jinping in china gets that and is responding to it in ways that are useful for his government, the answer is yes. i think that's interest. >> rose: okay, you know ehud barak well, he is one of the people you talk to. >> a little bit. >> he says putins had a strategy and we don't. >> putin has a strategy. >> putin does not have a domestic strategy. here's the point. >>
obama is not the guy driving american foreign policy. he definitely will veto stuff he doesn't like. there's no question. and he definitely is averse to things that he thinks will get him stuck in more ass that is very different from setting strategy. if you ask me right now do i believe the united states of america has a coherent foreign policy strategy a that it is able to articulate, and we have historically, the answer is no. and i think there are many reasons for that. many which are...
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i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to achieve the policy aim, irrational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply our nation building to keep al qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time and it is not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multi generally shingle effort. then my point in my talk all along is if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained, especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this limited corps policy aim which is the destruction of al qaeda, which was pretty much accomplished by early 2002. why did we ne
i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to...
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for the united states, anyway, and for western europe as well, and even some of the arab states, and foreign-policy in general, national security issues. that said, it's funny because when the last reformist that was in office was in office, everybody discounted him as not having any power, so did not matter. he was a nice guy, but it did not matter. then come along comes mr. ahmadinejad, firebrand with all his rhetoric, and suddenly, he's the man who wants to build a nuclear weapon and drop it on tel aviv. it does not make any sense. you are already hearing naysayers saying that he does not really have power. the truth is somewhere in between. he does not have complete power. it's not as black and white as we sometimes imagine it to be. he does not have a lot of power, but he can bring about quite a bit of change. in terms of the campaign and how he has managed to bring these voters to the polls to vote for him, over someone like the current mayor of tehran, who was also very comfortable yesterday saying that perhaps he could win because he has been essentially campaigning for the last two years -
for the united states, anyway, and for western europe as well, and even some of the arab states, and foreign-policy in general, national security issues. that said, it's funny because when the last reformist that was in office was in office, everybody discounted him as not having any power, so did not matter. he was a nice guy, but it did not matter. then come along comes mr. ahmadinejad, firebrand with all his rhetoric, and suddenly, he's the man who wants to build a nuclear weapon and drop it...
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>> well, i thought the comments about, you know, our foreign policy is flaccid and has low tea by oliver north, it sort of says everything about the very simplistic view that the answer to everything is might and testosterone. not to mention, the sexist nature of those comments that i guess no woman not having that level of testosterone could ever be an adequate commander in chief. >> absolutely. john? >> yeah. i agree with everything that krystal just said, it's mind-boggling the number of people trying to portray the president as weak. the president who went after, got and killed osama bin laden. the president, whose own party is criticizing him, and angry with him over drone strikes. the drone program. the president who is, you know, overseeing an nsa program doing a whole lot of things in the war on terror, and foreign intelligence. but also might have domestic implications. this is the same person that the republicans say is weak in terms of national defense. it defies logic. >> yeah. well, that's true. krystal, texas congressman steve stockman refers to the president's syria plan,
>> well, i thought the comments about, you know, our foreign policy is flaccid and has low tea by oliver north, it sort of says everything about the very simplistic view that the answer to everything is might and testosterone. not to mention, the sexist nature of those comments that i guess no woman not having that level of testosterone could ever be an adequate commander in chief. >> absolutely. john? >> yeah. i agree with everything that krystal just said, it's mind-boggling...
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now calling back the foreign policy back because the cold war has been over 20 years. lou: the national media did not even point out that the president said it devastated the leadership of al qaeda and was receding as a threat. say you were sorry mr. president you are wrong and the governor was right in mr. putin is one of the president's biggest problems right now but also he appears to be a strong strong, positive and potential allies to solve the serious situation. we will see but putin however also struggles to blame republicans as he has with a host of other issues including the budget would sequester cover the economy ended fact a new poll shows americans given that g.o.p. the 7.advantage when it comes to which party they trust on dealing with foreign policy. the four points vantage dealing with the economy. it gets better. the 13.in vintage reducing the deficit. but you cannot blame republicans the president tries to blame congress as a whole. but his approval is clearly under water in the game lippold shows congress is popularity rising up to five points from l
now calling back the foreign policy back because the cold war has been over 20 years. lou: the national media did not even point out that the president said it devastated the leadership of al qaeda and was receding as a threat. say you were sorry mr. president you are wrong and the governor was right in mr. putin is one of the president's biggest problems right now but also he appears to be a strong strong, positive and potential allies to solve the serious situation. we will see but putin...
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doug is on to something if we look at this stuff on foreign policy the "wall street journal" headline this week showing picture of the ambassador and the crowds holding up attacking obama if supporting terrorists, you can see what is happening in syria and this backfiring on the business with shall be, no respects him or takes him seriously but the republicans, their only voice on foreign policy is john mccain and senator graham running around with their pro muslim brotherhood. >> gregg: on foreign policy benghazi could be a symbol, a vast majority of people thought he dropped the ball on that and was asleep at the switch the night americans desperately needed to be saves. >> people know we are not being told the truth. we talked last week about 36 c.i.a. personnel who were secretly evacuated that night and have been pressured by the administration not to talk to the congress. >> gregg: our voters say he is coughing it up. >> i know of one of the c.i.a. people who has refused to be polygraphed and cooperate and wants to talk to congress called a congressman this past week and so far t
doug is on to something if we look at this stuff on foreign policy the "wall street journal" headline this week showing picture of the ambassador and the crowds holding up attacking obama if supporting terrorists, you can see what is happening in syria and this backfiring on the business with shall be, no respects him or takes him seriously but the republicans, their only voice on foreign policy is john mccain and senator graham running around with their pro muslim brotherhood....
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policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the years to come. >> host: apology, sorry. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell, is rolled? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has a central role. mitch mcconnell is doing a lot because mitch mcconnell was the one when there was truly an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation he was the one who is able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that says a lot about his political ability. he's able to reach out to the white house and make a deal happen. he will be the one to watch because of the house continues to be a little bit of a mess, no one knows how to protect where the house will go on on the debt ceiling, mitch mcconnell will get sent republicans to work together. >> host: marie is next and turner spurred north carolina, republican caller. >> caller: good morning. can you hear me? >> guest: yes. >> caller: okay, i just wanted to make a comment in support of john boehner. this is coming from someone who has, i have just never been in the down a
policy and less foreign aid and more conservative ideas about where to spend money and red hat troops. i think you'll you're more that in the years to come. >> host: apology, sorry. coughing attack here. mitch mcconnell, is rolled? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has a central role. mitch mcconnell is doing a lot because mitch mcconnell was the one when there was truly an impasse in the fiscal cliff negotiation he was the one who is able to call vice president biden and cut a deal. that...
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>> government, should provide for defense, and foreign policy that is noninterventionist and stays out of the affairs of the rest of the world. neil: you are like a libertarian. >> in that regard i am, look at last 40 years it has ban a fiasco, vietnam, you have to be kidding me. and it needs to be shrunk, and social chunks, supported -- social insurance, is which are vidother side of the spending problem. if we don't get at military industry complex, and social insurance we're kidding ourselves, the deficits will grow. neil: then what. i don't see anything being done. >> i think that is why i say the budget is a doomsday machine, we face a permanent fiscal cliff of 8% gdp gap. i see a constant political battle, every year there will be a deb debt ceiling crisis. neil: what do you think of the president? >> you know you can't have a dictate adictatorship, you havea bad blow up in financial markets. neil: is that coming? >> i do think so, a blame bernanke more than anybody else for the mess, when he said you can borrow money for 3 years to pay federal deficit at 30 basis points that is
>> government, should provide for defense, and foreign policy that is noninterventionist and stays out of the affairs of the rest of the world. neil: you are like a libertarian. >> in that regard i am, look at last 40 years it has ban a fiasco, vietnam, you have to be kidding me. and it needs to be shrunk, and social chunks, supported -- social insurance, is which are vidother side of the spending problem. if we don't get at military industry complex, and social insurance we're...
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foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive full because mexico's a close ally of the united states it's the u.s. immediately recognizes the results and ignores the charges by opposition that therefore there is such as no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the controversial cyber information sharing and protection act isn't to fight terrorism in the digital world the legislation also sparked a massive crime that it's a v.a.d. jeopardizes people's privacy to enjoy blake explains. for the white house actually said that we will recommend the president veto this legislation for sharing and protection act it's come under a lot of criticism by its opponents because they say that it does more than what the authors say it does not the authors of cispa they say that this bill will lead to business is private companies google facebook and any internet provider these companies will be encouraged to share information with the federal government that will be used to track down and mo
foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive full because mexico's a close ally of the united states it's the u.s. immediately recognizes the results and ignores the charges by opposition that therefore there is such as no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the going to sort of them elections. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the controversial cyber information sharing and protection act isn't to fight terrorism in the digital world the...
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policy and the state department officials have adequate opportunity to weigh in on the foreign policy implications of those activities. it's my understanding that you have reviewed the parts of the committee's study on the c.i.a.'s now discontinued detention and intelligence program related to the state department. what are your views on whether the state department and united states ambassadors had adequate opportunity to consider the potential for implications of the program. >> i did at the request of the committee examine parts that have report that pertained to the department of state and had an opportunity to meet private well your staff on this. the report remains highly classified and i don't want to get into too much detail, but i would note that i did draw some conclusions base upon my reading of the report about the role of i&r with ambassadors in the field and ways in which that we could provide additional support to them and additional training and ongoing support. and i would hope to take those lessons learned if i am confirmed and apply them as assistant secretary. >> t
policy and the state department officials have adequate opportunity to weigh in on the foreign policy implications of those activities. it's my understanding that you have reviewed the parts of the committee's study on the c.i.a.'s now discontinued detention and intelligence program related to the state department. what are your views on whether the state department and united states ambassadors had adequate opportunity to consider the potential for implications of the program. >> i did...
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we are ensuring that intelligence reports and activities are consistent with support of foreign policy and national security objectives in this includes a dedicated staff with significant expertise in this area, which is this as well as practical once in finding this with the diplomatic communications and the policymakers understand and can evaluate the proposed activities with potential foreign-policy consequences and this is part of the chief of mission overseas. madam chairman, if confirmed i believe i will bring extensive experience to the position of assistant secretary and i have served and a variety of demanding positions, both in washington and overseas, including most recent as secretary of the state department and the ambassador to greece. another firsthand the challenges facing the policymakers as well as the incredible demands on their time and attention and i appreciate the critical contribution that we have made and we continue to make in providing the president and the secretary of state and other policymakers who timely and independent wealth of his analysis on a broad
we are ensuring that intelligence reports and activities are consistent with support of foreign policy and national security objectives in this includes a dedicated staff with significant expertise in this area, which is this as well as practical once in finding this with the diplomatic communications and the policymakers understand and can evaluate the proposed activities with potential foreign-policy consequences and this is part of the chief of mission overseas. madam chairman, if confirmed...
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the work that they do i think is vital to morn foreign policy. there is the firewall between the independent journalism that is done by organizations and i would never say there is too much independent journalism in the world. i think that is important. at the same time i think there are opportunity for the state department to work more closely with bvg. there have been examples of a bvg program in mali that the state department worked with where we collaborated. so i know the structure has changed a lot and certainly if confirmed and i'm a member of that board, i will look at that closely and try to make it as effect and efficient as possible. >> what are the goals i -- one of the goals i seek to see is the greatest integration to have the greatest effect. that brings me to my final question. the bureau of international programs has undergone eorganization to modernize technologies which you refer to in your opening statement. however on may 2013 inspector general inspection of the bureau found that many problems exist including a lack of a clea
the work that they do i think is vital to morn foreign policy. there is the firewall between the independent journalism that is done by organizations and i would never say there is too much independent journalism in the world. i think that is important. at the same time i think there are opportunity for the state department to work more closely with bvg. there have been examples of a bvg program in mali that the state department worked with where we collaborated. so i know the structure has...
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of course, ahmadinejad, with his rhetoric, didn't help, but really, iran's foreign policy is not really concerned about israel. it's much more concerned about ires interest in the gulf and actually even further east, rather than israel. >> professor, thank you so much for joining us, professor of politics. >> vice president biden and his wife, dr. jill biden are heading to colorado today to why the damage. the floodwaters destroyed ail tanks, causing thousands of gallons to spill and deadly ecoally has been found in the water supply. search teams are still looking for stranded victim and about 60 people are in fact still missing. meanwhile, typhoon usagi has been downgraded to a tropical storm but not before wreaking havoc in the western pacific. it slammed the philippines and taiwan over the weekend with heavy rain and very strong winds. it weakened sharply sunday and missed hong kong and then headed northwest to mainland china. that was before being gown graded. you kathy became the strongest storm to hit the western pacific this year, killing more than 30 people in asia. it is just o
of course, ahmadinejad, with his rhetoric, didn't help, but really, iran's foreign policy is not really concerned about israel. it's much more concerned about ires interest in the gulf and actually even further east, rather than israel. >> professor, thank you so much for joining us, professor of politics. >> vice president biden and his wife, dr. jill biden are heading to colorado today to why the damage. the floodwaters destroyed ail tanks, causing thousands of gallons to spill...
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he oversees the armed forces, judiciary, foreign policy, so ultimately boils down to what he wants to happen and that's what we saw in the 2009 elections which people went in the streets and protested because they said we went out, we voted. that's the other thing. you have 50 million people who can vote in this election. 50% of them are under the age of 30. the question is how many people are going to turn out for these elections and is there an incentive for them to turn out? >> are they legitimate? i think it was a big concern the last go-round. is this really real here? did mahmoud ahmadinejad really win the election? a lot of people didn't believe he did. >> the reason being they went out and voted. there is always two sides to every story going into that. you have again this young generation and what we're seeing play out in the iran which you mentioned earlier on before we started the segment was this cat and mouse internet censorship media game at play where you have a young subgroup that wants information to get out and they want to get the word out and know and interact with
he oversees the armed forces, judiciary, foreign policy, so ultimately boils down to what he wants to happen and that's what we saw in the 2009 elections which people went in the streets and protested because they said we went out, we voted. that's the other thing. you have 50 million people who can vote in this election. 50% of them are under the age of 30. the question is how many people are going to turn out for these elections and is there an incentive for them to turn out? >> are...